Lauren Wright joined the Waypoint research
team as a Research Psychometrist in 2015. She works on numerous research
projects at Waypoint, including as a principal investigator on the implementation
of an evidence-based practice that targets criminogenic needson a minimum-secure forensic unit. She is also a principal
investigator on a study exploring sleep disruption among staff and patients at
Waypoint. Other projects Lauren has been involved in have focused on concurrent
disorders, psychopathy and aging, and capacity to consent to treatment in a
forensic population. Lauren has been honoured with the 2014 Steiner Young
Investigator Award by the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics
and Gynecology. She also received the Waypoint Core Value Award for Innovation
in 2015. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology, Neuroscience and
Behaviour, and her MSc in Neuroscience (Research), both at McMaster University.
She has been trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy for Depression and Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia,
and Reasoning and Rehabilitation 2 for Youth and Adults with Mental Health
Problems.